Climate Fresk Workshop for Teachers: Building Climate Understanding Through Collaborative Learning

On 26 June 2026, Civic Exchange organised a Climate Fresk Workshop for Teachers, bringing educators from different institutes together to experience an innovative and interactive approach to climate education.

Climate Fresk is a collaborative card game developed using the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Through experiential learning and group discussion, the workshop helps participants develop a deeper understanding of climate science and the complex relationships between human activities, environmental change, and their wider impacts on society.

During the workshop, teachers worked in small groups to connect a series of cards representing climate related causes, impacts, and feedback loops. As the visual map gradually took shape, participants explored how different aspects of the climate system are interconnected.

As educators play a vital role in shaping students' values, behaviours, and environmental awareness, Climate Fresk demonstrated how complex climate science can be transformed into an engaging, accessible, and student centred learning experience. The workshop also provided teachers with practical ideas for facilitating inquiry based learning, collaborative discussions, and systems thinking in their own classrooms.

Beyond building climate knowledge, the workshop encouraged teachers to reflect on how schools can take meaningful climate action. During the discussion, participants shared a wide range of practical ideas, including setting school wide sustainability targets, strengthening the practice of the three Rs, promoting project based learning, encouraging cycling friendly communities, and supporting renewable energy and local agriculture initiatives. These conversations highlighted how climate and sustainability education can extend beyond the classroom and become part of everyday school culture.

Teachers responded very positively to the workshop, with many commenting that the interactive card game made climate science easier to understand, more engaging, and more memorable. Several participants also expressed their interest in introducing Climate Fresk into their own classrooms, demonstrating the workshop's potential to support the wider adoption of innovative climate and sustainability education practices across schools.

At KEL, we believe that empowering teachers is one of the most effective ways to strengthen climate education. By providing educators with practical tools, and collaborative learning experiences, we hope to inspire more schools to integrate climate and sustainability education into everyday teaching and help equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to build a more sustainable future.